1. ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

Xiamen Pop Culture Co., Ltd (“Pop Culture” or the “VIE”) was incorporated in Xiamen, the People’s Republic of China (the “PRC” or “China”) on March 29, 2007 under the laws of the PRC. Pop Culture hosts entertainment events and provides event planning and execution services and brand promotion services to corporate clients.

Reorganization

On January 3, 2020, Pop Culture Group Co., Ltd (“Pop Group” or the “Company”) was incorporated as an exempted company with limited liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands.

On January 20, 2020, Pop Culture (HK) Holding Limited (“Pop HK”) was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pop Group formed in accordance with laws and regulations of Hong Kong. Pop HK is a holding company and holds all the equity interests of Heliheng Culture Co., Ltd. (“Original WFOE” or “Heliheng”), which was established in the PRC on March 13, 2020.

On March 30, 2020, Original WFOE entered into a series of agreements with Pop Culture and the shareholders of Pop Culture who collectively held 93.55% of the shares in Pop Culture, including an Exclusive Services Agreement, an Exclusive Option Agreement, a Share Pledge Agreement, Powers of Attorney, and Spousal Consents (collectively the “Original VIE Agreements”). The Original VIE Agreements are designed to provide Original WFOE with the power, rights, and obligations with respect to Pop Culture as set forth under the Original VIE Agreements. The Original VIE Agreements obligate Original WFOE to absorb a majority of the risk of loss from business activities of Pop Culture and entitle Original WFOE to receive a majority of Pop Culture’s residual returns. Therefore, the Company believes that Pop Culture should be considered as a Variable Interest Entity under the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810 “Consolidation.”

Between February and May 2020, the Company and its shareholders undertook a series of corporate actions, including share issuances in February 2020, re-designation of ordinary shares of the Company into Class A and Class B ordinary shares in April 2020, and share issuances and transfers in May 2020.

The above-mentioned transactions, including the incorporation of Pop Group, Pop HK, and Original WFOE, the entry into the Original VIE Agreements, the share issuances, share re-designation, and share transfers, were considered a reorganization of the Company (the “Reorganization”). After the Reorganization, Pop Group ultimately owns 100% equity interests of Pop HK and Original WFOE, and, for accounting purposes, controls and receives the economic benefits of the business operations of Pop Culture and its subsidiaries through the Original VIE Agreements, which enables Pop Group to consolidate the financial results of Pop Culture and its subsidiaries in its consolidated financial statements under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

In accordance with ASC 805-50-25, the Reorganization has been accounted for as a recapitalization among entities under common control since the same controlling shareholder controls all these entities before and after the Reorganization. The consolidation of the Company and its subsidiaries and the VIE have been accounted for at historical cost and prepared on the basis as if the aforementioned transactions had become effective as of the beginning of the first period presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Furthermore, ASC 805-50-45-5 indicates that the financial statements and financial information presented for prior years shall also be retrospectively adjusted to furnish comparative information.

Acquisition of non-controlling interest in the VIE

On February 9, 2021, the Company issued 106,509 Class A ordinary shares to non-controlling shareholders of Pop Culture to acquire their 6.45% non-controlling interests in Pop Culture. On February 19, 2021, the Original VIE Agreements were amended and restated, through which Original WFOE is entitled to 100% of the net income of Pop Culture. Original WFOE is obliged to absorb all risk of loss from business activities of Pop Culture and entitled to receive all its residual returns. Upon the above transactions, the Company consummated the acquisition of non-controlling interests in Pop Culture, and Pop Culture does not have any non-controlling interests anymore.

The consolidated financial statements of the Company included the following entities:

Risks in relation to the VIE structure

The Company believes that the Original VIE Agreements are in compliance with PRC laws and regulations and are legally enforceable. However, uncertainties in the PRC legal system could limit the Company’s ability to enforce the Original VIE Agreements. If the legal structure and the Original VIE Agreements were found to be in violation of PRC laws and regulations, the PRC government could:

The following financial statement amounts and balances of the VIE and its subsidiaries were included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements after the elimination of intercompany transactions:

The Company believes that there are no assets in Pop Culture that can be used only to settle specific obligations of Pop Culture except for the registered capital of Pop Culture and non-distributable statutory reserves. As Pop Culture is incorporated as a limited liability company under the PRC Company Law, creditors of Pop Culture do not have recourse to the general credit of the Company for any of the liabilities of Pop Culture. There are no terms in any arrangements, explicitly or implicitly, requiring the Company or its subsidiaries to provide financial support to Pop Culture. However, if Pop Culture were ever to need financial support, the Company may, at its discretion and subject to statutory limits and restrictions, provide financial support to Pop Culture through loans.